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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Leicester City Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
0 approved · 1,348 refused · 215 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Dec 2013 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
121 Cooper Street
Received 2 Jun 2025327 Thurcaston Road
Received 17 Jun 2025339 Saffron Lane
Received 15 May 202348 Pool Road
Received 4 Jun 202680 Farrier Lane
Received 12 Aug 2022Galsworthy Court, Winstanley Community Centre
Received 8 May 202440 Almond Road, The Counting House
Received 19 Jun 2026101 Loughborough Road
Received 2 Mar 2023171-173 Knighton Church Road
Received 27 Apr 202613 Biddulph Street
Received 17 Sept 202513 Franche Road
Received 16 Aug 2023173 Hallam Crescent East
Received 1 Jul 202422A Staveley Road
Received 30 Jul 202433 Braunstone Gate
Received 9 Sept 202215 Stoughton Drive
Received 4 Nov 202581 Clarendon Park Road
Received 28 Oct 202248 Springfield Road
Received 19 Nov 202426 Shanklin Drive
Received 18 Mar 202520A Lutterworth Road
Received 12 Jun 202458 Main Street
Received 5 May 2026Leicester College St Margarets Campus, 20 St John Street
Received 30 Jan 2024Beaumont Shopping Centre Car Park
Received 14 Sept 2022132 New Walk
Received 9 Aug 20244 Celandine Road
Received 5 Sept 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Leicester City Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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